Polaris Heritage Prize Nominees Announced; Public Voting Now Open

Voting for the 2018 Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize is now open.

The Heritage Prize honours Canadian albums of the past from four distinct time periods: 1960-75, 1976-85, 1986-95, and 1996-05. Like the Polaris Music Prize, winners and nominees for the Heritage Prize are albums of the artistic distinction, without regards to sales or affiliations.

This is Polaris' version of a hall of fame where it tries to determine who would have been nominated or won the prize in the years before the Polaris Music Prize started in 2006.

Once again there will be eight winning albums declared this year, two per era — one voted on by the public and one voted on by the specially assembled Heritage Prize jury.

Voting closes October 18 at 11:59 p.m. ET and the winning albums will be revealed on Oct. 23, 2018.

This year there are eight new nominated records from Jean-Pierre Ferland, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Stan Rogers, Rush, Daniel Bélanger, Voivod, Sarah Harmer, and Kid Koala to replace last year’s winners.

Heritage Prize winners are commemorated with limited-edition artwork commissioned and inspired by the music on these designated albums. Examples of past winners' works, including those honouring the likes of Neil Young, Harmonium, Sloan and Mary Margaret O'Hara can be found at the Polaris Store.

The 2018 Polaris Heritage Prize is supported by Slaight Music and Re:Sound.

Polaris acknowledges the financial support of FACTOR, the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage (Canada Music Fund) and of Canada's Private Radio Broadcasters. It also acknowledges the OMDC for their continued support of the Polaris Music Prize.

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